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Crypto Use in Venezuela Likely to Rise as Economic Pressures Intensify

2025/12/14 10:27

Venezuelans are already heavily reliant on blockchain technology for banking after suffering through a decade of economic pressures; however, usage is likely to keep growing if conditions worsen in the South American country, blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs says.

As regional and geopolitical tensions continue to rise, driven in part by US-Venezuela tensions, causing macroeconomic instability and the bolívar’s continued devaluation,
the TRM Labs team predicted in a report on Thursday that demand for stablecoins as both a store of value and a medium of exchange will rise.

At the same time, regulatory ambiguity and continued uncertainty surrounding the country’s crypto regulator, SUNACRIP’s, authority and enforcement capacity, and eroding trust in traditional banking infrastructure could prolong the population’s dependence and drive more usage. 

Source: TRM Labs

Venezuela is 18th globally for crypto adoption, the Chainalysis 2025 Crypto Adoption Index report found, but its rank increased to 9th when adjusted for population size.

Peer-to-peer transactions a key service for Venezuelans

Peer-to-peer (P2P), transfers made from one person to another through an intermediary, along with USDT (USDT) to-fiat conversions, have emerged as key services Venezuelans are using in the absence of reliable domestic banking channels, according to TRM Labs.

The blockchain intelligence firm tracked Venezuelan IP addresses and found that more than 38% of site visits were to a lone global platform that offers P2P trading functionality, which underscores its “role in facilitating crypto access in Venezuela’s low-banking environment.”

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“Local platforms also play a key role, particularly those offering mobile wallets and bank integrations suited to domestic users,” the team added.

Venezuela’s crypto industry created out of desperate necessity

Venezuela’s crypto ecosystem is ultimately the product of nearly a decade of economic collapse, international sanctions pressure, and state experimentation with digital financial alternatives, the TRM Labs team said.

Stablecoins, especially USDT, play an important role in household and commercial transactions in Venezuela, and despite compliance and sanction evasion concerns, stablecoins remain “overwhelmingly driven by necessity rather than speculation or criminal intent.”

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Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/venezuela-crypto-reliance-stablecoins-economic-crisis?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

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